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and_o there_o need_v no_o more_o but_o this_o suspension_n the_o consequent_a upon_o which_o be_v for_o man_n to_o go_v in_o the_o way_n of_o their_o own_o heart_n and_o sight_n of_o their_o eye_n when_o god_n intend_v that_o a_o people_n shall_v go_v in_o his_o way_n he_o promise_v they_o his_o spirit_n ezek._n 36._o 27_o i_o will_v put_v my_o spirit_n into_o you_o and_o cause_v you_o to_o walk_v in_o my_o statute_n the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v the_o inward_a guide_n of_o the_o child_n of_o god_n they_o that_o be_v desert_v by_o he_o be_v consequent_o give_v up_o to_o their_o own_o guidance_n 2._o his_o lay_n not_o outward_a check_n or_o restrain_v upon_o they_o to_o hinder_v they_o or_o stop_v their_o course_n when_o god_n will_v no_o long_o leave_n israel_n to_o himself_o he_o hedge_v up_o his_o way_n with_o thorn_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o find_v the_o way_n to_o come_v at_o his_o lust_n and_o lover_n hos_fw-la 2_o 6_o 7_o but_o where_o he_o let_v man_n have_v a_o large_a 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their_o own_o heart_n lust_n and_o let_v they_o walk_v on_o in_o their_o own_o way_n psal_n 81._o 12._o he_o put_v their_o portion_n into_o their_o own_o hand_n and_o let_v they_o go_v whither_o they_o will_v and_o do_v what_o they_o please_v with_o it_o 2._o to_o answer_v some_o doubt_n which_o may_v here_o arise_v 1._o whether_o this_o do_v not_o cast_v imputation_n upon_o god_n holiness_n in_o give_v man_n his_o favour_n and_o leave_v they_o to_o themselves_o when_o he_o know_v they_o will_v both_o abuse_v they_o and_o dishonour_v he_o by_o their_o so_o do_v whereas_o his_o holiness_n engage_v he_o to_o seek_v his_o own_o glory_n in_o all_o his_o work_n of_o providence_n ans_fw-fr that_o god_n will_v be_v no_o loser_n of_o
engagement_n upon_o he_o to_o serve_v god_n oâ—_n glorify_v he_o but_o dishonour_v he_o with_o all_o this_o be_v the_o sin_n which_o the_o prophet_n lay_v to_o the_o charge_n of_o that_o wicked_a king_n dan._n 5._o 23._o the_o god_n in_o who_o hand_n thy_o breath_n be_v and_o who_o be_v 〈◊〉_d thy_o way_n thou_o have_v not_o glorify_v and_o this_o paâ—_n declare_v to_o be_v the_o guise_n of_o man_n who_o be_v stranger_n from_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n rom._n 2._o 4_o 5._o the_o evidence_n and_o ground_n of_o this_o truth_n will_v appear_v if_o we_o lie_v together_o these_o particular_n 1._o the_o heart_n of_o every_o natural_a man_n be_v estratâ—ged_v from_o god_n they_o be_v bear_v so_o psal_n 53._o 3â—_n they_o go_v astray_o as_o soon_o as_o they_o be_v bear_v there_o be_v aâ—_n estrangement_n in_o the_o understanding_n they_o know_v he_o not_o though_o god_n be_v near_o they_o they_o seâ—_n he_o not_o though_o he_o do_v all_o for_o they_o they_o do_v not_o observe_v it_o hos_fw-la 2._o 8._o she_o do_v not_o know_v i_o give_v her_o corn_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v a_o estrangement_n in_o the_o will_n they_o care_v not_o for_o god_n they_o be_v his_o enemy_n yea_o enmity_n itself_o against_o he_o rom._n 8._o 7._o they_o be_v estrange_v in_o their_o affection_n hence_o they_o be_v call_v hater_n of_o god_n rom._n â—_o 30._o now_o by_o virtue_n of_o this_o estrangedness_n they_o be_v whole_o indispose_v and_o utter_o averse_a to_o the_o fear_n and_o service_n of_o god_n 2._o there_o be_v many_o lust_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o every_o unregenerate_a man_n to_o which_o he_o be_v enslave_v man_n by_o seek_v a_o unbounded_a liberty_n have_v change_v one_o good_a lord_n for_o many_o tyrannical_a one_o that_o have_v usurp_v the_o dominion_n over_o his_o soul_n tit._n 3._o 3_o serve_v divers_a lust_n and_o pleasure_n the_o word_n intimate_v one_o that_o be_v addict_v unto_o or_o whole_o at_o the_o devotion_n of_o another_o and_o be_v use_v to_o express_v our_o serve_v of_o 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man_n have_v do_v his_o utmost_a to_o make_v provision_n for_o he_o can_v never_o give_v content_a to_o his_o carnal_a desire_n pro._n 27._o 20._o and_o there_o be_v great_a reason_n for_o it_o because_o concupiscence_n have_v divert_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n from_o the_o only_a soul_n satisfy_v object_n to_o empty_a thing_n 4._o the_o outward_a favour_n which_o god_n bestow_v upon_o man_n be_v the_o proper_a object_n upon_o which_o their_o lust_n be_v place_v &_o from_o which_o they_o seek_v their_o satisfaction_n every_o carnal_a heart_n have_v with_o demas_n embrace_v the_o present_a world_n when_o man_n leave_v god_n he_o go_v to_o the_o creature_n and_o what_o god_n have_v provide_v to_o express_v his_o bounty_n to_o he_o in_o that_o have_v he_o abuse_v to_o serve_v his_o lust_n withal_o it_o be_v the_o world_n and_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o world_n that_o his_o heart_n be_v in_o love_n with_o which_o be_v opposite_a to_o the_o love_n of_o the_o father_n 1._o joh._n 2._o 15._o 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